Quirky photos from Election Day 2012

We here at Boston.com looked into the fun side of Election Day with this round up of unusual and funny voting photos. Click through for some smiles, and don’t be afraid to have some fun on Political Judgment Day 2012.
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John Minchillo/AP

A supporter of Barack Obama stood with his dog in New York's Times Square to watch election returns.
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Kathy Willens/AP

Henry Gillibrand, 4, son of U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., slept on his father's lap while waiting for his mother to make an appearance before supporters at New York State Democratic Headquarters after his mother was predicted to win election to the U.S. Senate for a full term.
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Chris Detrick/AP/The Salt Lake Tribune

David Moyar, dressed as Abraham Lincoln, attended the Republican election night party at the Salt Lake Hilton Hotel.
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Jeff Storjohann/AP Photo/Carroll Daily Times

Students Carson Ludwig, wearing a mask of President Barack Obama and Ethan Scott, wearing a mask of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, square off in a symbolic election fight during a mock vote in Carroll, Iowa.
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Darren Hauck/Getty Images

A supporter for U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) watched as poll numbers came in on election night in Madison, Wisconsin. Winning tonight's race would make her Wisconsin's first openly gay Senator in history.
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Jeff Storjohann/AP Photo/Carroll Daily Times Herald

Students lined up at a registration table to vote in a mock election held at the St. Angela Center of Kuemper Catholic Grade School in Carroll, Iowa. Although their votes don't count in the general election for president, teachers used Election Day as a learning tool to teach students the process and the importance of voting. Romney won the election, 144-41, over Obama.
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Alastair Grant/AP

Guests looked at early projections for votes during the Presidential Election party at the U.S. Embassy in London.
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AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry

Virginia Tech freshman and first-time voter Macy Kinder stood in line to cast her ballot after the appointed time for polls to close had passed at the Montgomery Executive Airport voting precinct in Blacksburg, Va.
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A woman took a photo of other guests posing with life-size cutouts of President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, during an election party hosted by the United States embassy and German Telekom in Berlin.
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David Goldman/AP

A law enforcement officer watched a staircase during Mitt Romney's election night rally.
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Jeff Chiu/AP

San Francisco Department of Elections workers carried a box of voted ballots from the mail at City Hall.
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Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Brad Walker, 36, a first-time voter, puts his sticker on his nose after casting his ballot in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Denver Gibbs, 2, waited for her mother, Shaquanna Madsion, 21, to cast her ballot at St. Patrick's Church polling station on the southside of Youngstown, Ohio.
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Eric Gay/AP

Marta Rangel Medel vacuumed the stage in preparation for the Texas Democratic Party election watch party in Austin, Texas.
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Jens Meyer/AP

Americans and Germans celebrate with flags around cardboard figures of US president Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the 'Election Party' organized by the US consulate in Leipzig, central Germany.
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Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images

A man takes a photo with a smartphone in front of the stage during Mitt Romney's campaign election night event at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.
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Mark Humphrey/AP

Poll worker Leon Levy attaches stickers to a tabletop on election day in Nashville, Tenn.
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Jeff Kowalsky/EPA

Nina Bush didn’t hide her emotions when she voted at Toledo Police Museum in Toledo, Ohio. She said she was happy that she was able to cast her vote, believing she had done 'a good thing' by voting in the presidential election.
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Adam Eschbach//Idaho Press-Tribune

If you voted, then make sure everyone knows about it, just like Dora Winter, of Nampa, Idaho, did.
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Marc Piscotty/Getty Images

These mailboxes in Denver exercised their right to vote, did you?
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Charles Dharapak/AP

We're seeing double of republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrived on his campaign plane at Logan Airport on Nov. 6.
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Ken Stevens/AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle

Man'Yari Vance, 1, naps on his grandmother, Angela Robertson's lap, as she casts her ballot at Hope Lighthouse Church in Muskegon Heights, Mich.
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John Lok/AP Photo/The Seattle Times

Joyce Fabre is surrounded as she opens stacks of ballots at King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash.
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J.D. Pooley/Getty Images

William Mathis Jr., of Toledo, Ohio, seriously pondered his choices.
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Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press

Scott Fera protected his ballot with a “secrecy sleeve,” while he shared his answers with his son, Conan, in Sacramento, Calif.
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Kevork Djansezian /Getty Images

Mike Wigart and his surfboard waited in line to rock the vote in Los Angeles.
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REUTERS

One voter cast her vote at Venice Beach lifegaurd station in Los Angeles, but remained undecided on whether she wanted to be warm or cold on Election Day.
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Scott Audette /Reuters

It’s safe to say these folks won’t be voting Romney-Ryan this year.
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Janie Osborne/Associated Press

Farmer Sam Ferraro and his facial hair posed for an Election Day photo in front of Springhill School in Belgrade, Mont.
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Eric Moskowitz/Globe Staff

This little lady took a nap while waiting over 90 minutes at Dante Club in Somerville.
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Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

The children of Kingdom Kinds Child Development Center put on their voting hats and marched past a polling station at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C.
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Chip East/Reuters

Some people brought their best friends to wait in line at the polls.
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Julie Jacobson/Associated Press

Victor "Snake Mann" Wolder pondered his choices while voting during Election Day in Las Vegas. We wondered if he was Captain America for Halloween.
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